I sent a letter to Culver CityBus a couple of weeks ago concerned about a quote in something I read (I have long forgot where) that indicated that being part of Google Transit wasn’t a high priority. I wrote:
Description: I’m really disappointed that Culver CityBus seems to have no immediate plans to get their bus schedules in Google Transit. Considering the incredible potential for increased farebox revenue for extremely little effort, I would expect this to be a much higher priority considering LA Metro has already done the work for you and all that is left is basically signing a licencing agreement with Google. I use Google Transit nearly every day and have already taken LA Metro buses in lieu of Culver CityBus simply because I was able to get route information for the former much easier.
Please, as soon as possible, initiate talks with google and with LA Metro (see metro.net/developer for instance, all of the data for Culver CityBus is already available in Google Transit format) so that you can experience increased ridership and convince as soon as possible.
Finally, I got a response the other day!
Thank you for your request to have CCB join Google Transit. At this time we are exploring the possibility of participating in Google Transit especially after Metro joined. However as you know everything has a process therefore it may take some time before we are up and running. Please know that we are actively pursuing this matter.
It’s encouraging to know that they are actively persuing it! This data will be very useful, and I’m hoping it allows Google Transit to offer suggestions to refine my commute; as such I hope they are able to get through this process soon.